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ATHELING
Definition of ATHELING
noun
A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Doublet of edling. By surface analysis, athel + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATHELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATHELING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found ATHELING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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